Botched Murder For Hire Lands Florida Trio in Jail

The group allegedly killed the wrong woman after being hired by a seperate woman who wanted those involved with the same man she was dating killed.

(Published Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018)

Two suspects allegedly robbed and killed a Florida mother, officials from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office told WESH News.

Janice Zengotita-Torres, 42, was leaving a Ross store in Florida on Monday when two men approached her and killed her in what officials said appeared to be a "murder-for-hire" case.

The two suspects charged with robbing and killing Zengotita-Torres were hired by a woman named Ishnar Lopez Ramos, who allegedly wanted to murder a woman who "was in a relationship with a man that the suspect, Ishnar, loved," Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson said at a news conference Friday.

Zengotita-Torres was not that woman. The sheriff’s office said the "murder-for-hire" case became a case of "mistaken identity."

Investigators said the suspects continued to rob and kill Zengotita-Torres even after they realized she was the wrong target.

Osceola sheriff's office spokesperson Jacob Ruiz told NBC News that Zengotita-Torres and the intended victim both work at a Ross Dress for Less store from where the suspects followed Zengotita-Torres home.